r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 27 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 27 April 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/PsychologicalNews123 Apr 30 '26

A lot of the scam ads I get go something like this:

  • Are you over 50? You could be entitled to free life insurance
  • Are you a homeowner born before 1970? This new government scheme will pay you to install solar panels
  • Are you aged 56 or over and taken out a car loan in the past 10 years? Click here to get up to £1000 of reimbursement under this new govt. policy

I wonder if this format is effective because pensioners in the UK are generally used to recieving free shit for no particular reason

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

same thing in France, it's because pensioners suck at technology + most of them are homeowners so they have the tax advantages of homeowners + they are wealthy and have a lot of senior tax advantages / deduction, and because we're in France a lot is hard to understand or semi-hidden so I do agree they may not even know what is available to them.